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Ivory Creek zoning & planning overlays

Ivory Creek: 31 ha holdings with bush mapped across 73.8%.

A planning-constraint profile of Ivory Creek (Somerset Regional, QLD) - 61.82 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 7 November 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ivory Creek's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Ivory Creek

The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.

Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 7 Nov 2026

Under observed aircraft
86%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
1%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 6,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
±18% · area average
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.

How this is measured

Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.

Ivory Creek at a glance

Parcels 125 Median lot 313,687 m² Mapped easements 27 Schools in suburb 0 Landslide overlay 52%

Schools in and near Ivory Creek

Public school-location data shows availability across the suburb; it does not rate schools or assign any individual address to a catchment.

Inside the suburb boundary

0

0 schools providing primary years and 0 providing secondary years. A combined school may be counted in both teaching levels.

Nearest school availability

Primary: 3.47 km from the suburb boundary

Secondary: 4.90 km from the suburb boundary

Source: Queensland Government school geographic information. Catchment boundaries can divide a suburb and change over time.

Which school zone is a Ivory Creek address in? Check an address with our free school zone checker.

How Ivory Creek is zoned

Rural 100%

Selling in Ivory Creek? The lot-level zone is the zoning Part 3 of Queensland's Form 2 seller disclosure statement asks for - see our Form 2 planning data guide.

Across its 61.82 km², Ivory Creek is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 74% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural. The median lot measures about 313,687 m² across 125 parcels.

Who lives in Ivory Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ivory Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
49
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 1
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 874, and decile 2 within Queensland. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Esk, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ivory Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ivory Creek itself.

4,299 in 2001 to 5,236 in 2025, up 22%.

Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.

Ivory Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
ZoningMappedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldthe relevant council planning scheme and Queensland Government spatial data, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)
School availabilityAvailableQueensland Government

Profile last materially updated 7 November 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

Check a specific Ivory Creek address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 1% of Ivory Creek. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

Published flood models are held over parts of Ivory Creek. The free check tells you whether one reaches an address; where it does, a Flood Model Report is +$9 with the planning report.

Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Ivory Creek lot.

Ivory Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Ivory Creek flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Ivory Creek, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Somerset Regional is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area. Published flood models are held over parts of Ivory Creek; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether one reaches a given address.

Is Ivory Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 74% of Ivory Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Somerset Regional average of 54%.

Is Ivory Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 1% of Ivory Creek, and over about 86% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 7 Nov 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 2,500 ft, with an average of 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.

What is the zoning in Ivory Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Ivory Creek is Rural.

Does Ivory Creek have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Ivory Creek.

What is the typical lot size in Ivory Creek?

Across 125 surveyed parcels in Ivory Creek, the median lot size is about 313,687 m². There are also 27 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Ivory Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ivory Creek scores 874 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Queensland (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Yimbun 4.7 km Not mapped 51%
Toogoolawah 6.0 km 25% 26%
Braemore 6.5 km Not mapped 51%
Harlin 10.7 km Not mapped 50%
Scrub Creek 10.8 km Not mapped 55%
Cressbrook 10.9 km 5% 17%
Ottaba 11.9 km Not mapped 61%
Mount Beppo 12.7 km <1% 13%
Gregors Creek 13.7 km Not mapped 44%
Eskdale 14.2 km Not mapped 44%

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